Max eventually reached the common square of the Ten Shadows Trial, a vast central area that gave participants access to all ten monoliths.
The square was enormous, big enough to hold thousands of people without ever feeling crowded. Ancient stone paths ran outward from its center in ten different directions, and each one led to one of the towering monoliths.
Newcomers from every race crossed the square constantly. Some were entering the monoliths for the first time, while others were coming back from finished attempts with tired faces.
Max stood there for a moment and looked around. He searched the crowd once more for Damian and Revona, but he still couldn't find either of them.
At that point, he decided to stop worrying about it. If they had already arrived, they were most likely somewhere deeper inside the trial. With so many people gathered here and so many different areas connected to the Ten Shadows Trial, wandering around looking for them would only waste time.
